Grain-binder



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GRAIN BINDER.

Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

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GRAIN BINDER.

No. 389,581. Patented Sept. 18, 1888.

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GRAIN BINDER.

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GRAIN BINDER. No. 389,581. I Patented Sept. 18, 1888 "1 um A wil . NI D STATES:

PATENT (TF1?Ion.

SYLVANUS 1). Lponn, or'noosioK FALLS, NEW YORK, Asslenon or] ONE-HALF T0 THE MCCORMICK I-I OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GRAIN- ARVESTING MACHINE COMPANY,

BINDER.

. v v i \v SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,581. dated September 18 1888."

Tod/ll whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, SYLVANUS D. LOOKE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hoosick Falls, in the county of Rensse- 5 her and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain- Binders, of which the following'is'a specification. This invention relates particularly to the cord holding and tying mechanism of the binder and alsot'o its relation to the dischargearm. a i i lierctoforeywhen the ordinary tying-billhas been used ingrain-binders it has either been stoppeiat theendofitholinottingjrevolntion with its jaws practically transverse to the cordslot' in the breastplate and to the line of strain of the sheaf asit'is ejected by the dischargearm,. sothat the, knot is wrenched from the 2p tying-jaws at a disadvantage in the ejection'of the sheaf, or else,in order to completely tie the knot and yet stop the bill with its jaws pointing out in the direction df the extended slotthrough the breast-plate, so that the strain to slip the loop from the jaws and pull the knot ends from between them may come directlyin' 1 line therewith as thesheaf is ejected,'they have been given two complete revolutions; other-' ,wise with the ordinary arrangementof knotter and-holder they would fail to grasp the crossed ends of the band. before the completionof the first revolution and would onlyreach thern in or after the first quarter of thesecond'levolntion, the choice beingthen either to reverse them a quarter of revolution or to carry them straight on to the eompletioneof the second" It was found'easier to dothelattcr. I

now propose to start the tying-bill from a pof,

. Divided and this applirat (No model.)

a second strand of cord from the binding=arm;

ion filed April 4, .1887. Serial No, 233.546.

In carrying out this invention Iemploy'n o cord stop or gate which temporarily dbstructs the cordslot that the gavel-strands inaynot slip past the tying-jaws before-they com lfencc their. revolntioinand also a discharge-"arm,* which infth'e present instance is the same as 55 the;binder=arm,"acting to forcibly eject'the r bound sheaf after the knot has been laid and the gavel strands have\ passed the gate, and: whilethek'notter is in itsyposition of restwith'f its jawspointingoutward, along the slot;hnd 6c,- as the simplest and most effective-form ofJ. holder to carry the end strandsaround to meet the tying-jawsintheir revolution I have sc; "lected the diskholder, mou ting itupon an -axis'whieh crossesthat of the nott'er spindle, and revolving itin such a direction that after seizing the cord-strands in the plane in which dle'on'which the binder-arm plilys it carries them in its revolution toward and in a sense past the other side in opposition to thcfrevolution of the said spindle, bending or wrapping them around thespindle in so\ doing,and causing them to meet the open kno'ttingjaws at the completion of about the third quarter of their revolution. I

Certain accessory devices and details ot'conzstrnction 'will appear from the ensuingd scription. a I In the drawings, Figurel is aretrr -clevatio of so much of the frame ofvan automatic bind embodying my invention as is nccessa'rytonrr intelligentexplanation thereof. \Fig. 2 is rear elevation of the band-holding and be securing mechanismrin position to reccive'tfivs'fi Fig. 3, aperspective view of the same with the binding-arm so far advanced as to'bring'th'c spool en'd of the band within therange of aetion-of thevholder; Fig. 4, a like perspective view of the same after the cord has been taken from the bindingarm by the holder-disks and the strands laid by the tying-bilLin position to form a knot; Fig. 5, an outside detailview, partly ip section, of binding-table, bindingarm, andjknotter, showing the relation between the lattcr two while the knotis being v 1 forrncd; Fig. 6, a front; side elevation of the they are laid to that side of thdknotterspin 1 hand-securing devices at the same stage of action as in the preceding figure; Fig. 7, propressive detail views showing the tying-bill in successive stages of action; Fig. 8, an ele ration, from the inncrside of the machine, of the-\hnotting, holdingfand cutting devices, and the gate which stops the cord, with the gear and cam wheel by which they are driven removed; Fig. 9. a view of the same from the rear, and Fig, 10 from the outer or stubble side of the machine; Fig. 11, a top plan view of the same and of the bracket; in which they are mounted, the movable gate being broken away to show the crown of the tying-bill; and Fig. 12, a plan ofthc cord holding and cutting mechanism, partly broken away to expose the contour of the holder-plate.

A is the bllldlll-lflbl0 or receptacle supported upon the outer struts of the elevatorlrame and upon a post-frame or main bracket, A, which for the purposes of this description may be like others heretofore employed by me-comprising a front post, a subtending arm, a, an overhanging arm, and feet a, sliding on rods or ways a, fast to the stubble-girt of the main frame. This table and'framc and the binding mechanism borne thereby are adjusted back and forth by suitable meansfor instance, a rod running longitudinally beneath it in the angle formed by its junction. with the elevator and threaded into a hanger depending from its under surface] The binder-arm B is also, for the present purposes, like others heretofore used by mcthat is, it has an orbital movement imparted by a rotating crank and radiusbar, whereby it first carries the band around the gavel and subsequently acts as an ejector or dischargearm to expel the bound sheaf. The crank 11, which drives this bindcr-orm,is fast to ashaft, O, journaled in the overhanging arm of the main bracket and gearing by mutilated bevelgears to stop the binder-arm during the action of the band-uniting devices with another shaft running through the vertical post of said bracket, and this in turn gears with a third shaft, 0, which may be termed the tyershaft, journaled in the subtending arm of the bracket and driven by the gear and camwheel D, which operates the baud-uniting mechanism, thus insuring perfect harmony in the movements of the binder.

The gear and cam wheel is provided upon one face with a short gear-segment, c, and a co-operating delay-flange, c, which serve in the present organization to drive and control the knotter or tyingbill, as will hein due time explained. Besides these I prefer to construct it with a long gear-segment, c and a cam, e, substantially as in Letters Pat'ent, granted to me on the 14th day of December, 1880, and numbered 235,443, whereby the holding, cutting, and twisting devices therein described, or any similar mechanism, may be substituted for the k notterand its accessories shown herein.

A short post or standard, f, rises vertically from the rear end of the subtending arm of the binder'frame in close proximity to the face of the gear and cam wheel, and to this is bolted or otherwise firmly secured the depending flangef' of a small stock or bracket, F, which overhangssaid cam-wheel and supports or carrice the bandsecuring mechanism, and may he therefore termed the tyer-frame.

A bearing, 9, depends from the tycr-frame alongside the rear face of the gear and cam wheel, and in this is mounted the spindle of the knotter or tying-bill G. Another hearing, it, depends upon the other side of the gear and cam wheel to receive the spindle of a cord stop or gate,-Il, which prevents the strands from slipping past and escaping the knottingjaws before they make their revolution, and the inclined stud or axle, i of the holder 1 is carried in a third bearing, i", olfsetlaterally from the frame.

Thekuotter is a regular tying-bill, such as heretofore in gcneral'nse. At the foot or lower end of the knotter-spindle is a fast pinion, Ir, which meshes with the short segment on the face of the gear and cam wheel, so as to give the knotter a. single full revolhtion for each revolution of the wheel, or. in other words. oncrcvolution for each binding operation, and a delay-shoe, k, which, when the pinion passes ont'of mesh, rides upon the delay-flange on said wheel and holds the knottorstationary in the position indicated in Fig. 2, with its jaws projecting outward and substantially parallel with the extended cord-slot in the binding-hr ble in readiness for the next binding operation.

Immediately beneath the knot terhcad, and also fast to its spindle, is a bcvel gear I having a series of teeth, 7, and a blank or delaysurface, t,-and this gear meshes with and d rivcs a bevel-pinion, L, on the stud or axle of the holder, said pinion having teeth JVltlI which the teeth of the gear inter-mesh, and recesses or cut-away portions l", which slide upon the blank portion of the gear, so that the holder is operated directly from the knottcr, moving once during each rotation thereof, and being locked out of action, except at Ithe proper period in said rotation.

The holder consists,iu general terms,of two parallel clamping disks, M M, fast to each other and to their pinion, shaped alike, and each having two ormore shoulders, m, abreast of the shoulders on th other, a curved pressing-plate, which I tern: the holder-plate, 1\l",overhanging from the bracket-supportand taking into the space between the disks, and a stripping-plate, M, also between the said disks,with its periphery eccentric to or spiral from their axis.

The holder'disks are described for some distance from the bases of their shoulders upon an arc concentric with their axis, and then rise eccentrically to form the succeeding shoulder. There being two shoulders, it follows that there are two notches provided by this construction. The holder-plate at its point projects downward and outward into and beyond ,the path in which the cordis carried by the binding-arm, sov as to for ni,in conjunction with eassi s holder: from 'the point at 'whlch' its end'is' clamped, so as to 'lie in the throatway, and

we'dgedtherein between the converging edge of the holder-plate and the smooth periphery of the disks, from passing prematurely too far up said throat-way and becoming entirely fast therein, or from being prematurely carried on by frictional contact in advanceof the second strand just brought down when the disks are started, lform at a slight distance beyond the -throatway an embossmentnn by which this strand will be retarded until the othcris brought up against it by the positive action of the shoulders, after which both will be car ried on together.- Beyond this embossment,

at a point about diametrically opposite the throatway, there is a recession, m, in the plate, the object of which is to release the old end of the cord as it is brought thereto by the disks at the moment that or just after they gather the strands from the throatwayinto the grasp of the holder.

Located upon the holder-pinion a little in rear of the shoulders on the clamping-disks, and so as to leave a little space between themselves and the face of the contiguous disk,are fingers, projections, or. secondary shoulders m, the object of which is to afford a'support to the strands of cord stretched between the holdeiuand the knotter, and also in some de= gree to assist in presenting them properly for the action of the knife by which they are severed after the knot has been tied. This knife N, having an edge, a, is pivoted to the flange or oiiset on the supporting-bracket, and is. so arranged and operated that at-t'he proper moment it descends upon the cord in the space between one of the fingers on the pinion and one of the shoulders on the adjacent disk and cuts it by a direct stroke, not by shearing against a fixed plate, thus avoiding theannoyance and clogging caused by lint in such constructions. Herein I have represented it as vibrated by an arm, 'n', from the rocking spindle of the gate or cord-stop, which takes iutoa slot or aperture, a, in its heelf-thereby securing perfect unison in the movements of the two. Ai'tcr'the band portion of the cord is severed, the end of the spool portion is still kept securely clamped in the holder, and is thus retained until the incipient movement of the disks following the next descent of the bindingarm brings it t'o the recession in the holder-plate and allows it to escape. 'From .the point where it is clamped it runs behind ,the holder, as shown in Fig. 4, through the throatway and up to the spool, Were it allowed to rest directly in contact with the lower face of the disk in the space between its end and the throatway,it would be at some disadvanttzga'since it is intended that it shall wedge itself between the holder-plate and disks sufficiently to be held thereby, as in' a secondary holder, when its extreme end is re-' leased, but at the same time-to pull gradually 7 through with the revolution of the knotter and if laid in the suggested position will not reauny'n'r certainly do so. I therefore arrange upon the offset,whieh supports the axle ofthe holder at little distance out from said throat- 8c way,a pin, 12, over which the cord islaid,thus bringing itfromits clamping-point and directing-it into the throatway at an incline. This pin also serves to a considerable extent the same oiiice as the embossment uponthe holderplatein checking the strand from traveling through the holder in advance of its com-- panion strand next delivered by the binder-- arm.

Instead of the pin,it is obvious thataslioul- 9o. der or guide may be formed upon the flange or offset to serve the same purpose As the' clamping-disks have but two shoulders,(thou-gh the number is in a measure arbitrary,) it is evident that they willbe so driven 5 as to make one semirevolnt-ion to each binding operationthat is, to each revolution of the knotter. This movement takes place, as above intimated, immediately after the bind-' ing arm comes down, and its effect is to carry too the strands from the positionindicated in Fig.

3 to that in Fig. 4, the knotter acting concurrcntly with their passage over this space to form the loop and seize the crossed ends, and

the cutter acting thereafter to sever the ends r05 thus seized.

The cord gate or stop is provided to more effectually stop the cords in position for the action of the knotter. .It projects laterally from the before-mentioned rock-shaft or spin- 1 to die mounted in the hearing it, andat such height and to such length as to permit it to swing somewhat above the crown of theknotter and to extend partly across the slot in the grain-table and come close to the side of the 1 t5 binding arm when the latter descends. -At the outer end it is preferably hooked, so that the cord may not slip ofi'or 'pastit. The gateshaft has keyed or locked toil; atit's base a twoarmed cross-head or block, Q, the arms (1 and {.20 q of'which are in different horizontal planes, and at the end of each arm is a shoe or anti.- friction roll, q.

Upon the front face of the gear and cam wheel is a cam-track,along which the roller of the armq travels as the wheel revolves; lVhile the binding arm isup and moving inward to gather the gavel, and for an interval after its: descent, the rollertravels on the raised por 'tion R of the-track, and the gate is held out 1 0' across the slot in the grain-table, which, itwill tonnderstood, herein represents any plate or shield interposed between the gavel andthe tying-head; but whenthe knotter has cointhem readily through the grain.

and hitherto has traveled upon the plane face of the wheel, rides up a slight lug or incline, r, and thus positively rocks the shaft, causing the gate to give away before the cord sufficiently to render up a little slack to to the kuottcr. @he forward roller continues along the depressed trackway until the knotter has finished its revolution, securely grasped the ends of the'eord between itsjaws. and come to a. full stop, when it reaches and i5 descends to a still lower trackway, 'r", the rear roller at the same moment surmounting another and more prominent lug, 1", whereby the gate is thrown fully open out of the way of the band cord to permit the binding-arm, which now starts from its station of rest, to pull the loop from the knottcr and eject the bound sheaf from the machine, the cutter operated in this linalmovement of the gate hav ing already severed the cord from the holder.

In hinders generally the cord in its passage from the spool to the holder runs through an eye in the binding arm and is ncverdisconheeled therefrom. Such anhrrangement may be adopted in my machine; but the arm shown herewith is adapted to engage with the cord only when carrying it about the gavel and to release or deliver it entirely up to the holder after the gavel is encircled, so that when the binding operation is completed and the sheaf ejected the cord from which the next hand is to be taken is left stretched directly from the ncwlyclamped end through the throatway of the holder to the slack takeup or other overhead guide, and theneeto its source of supply.

The hindingarm has, therefore, on the side facing the knottiug. holding, and cutting dcviees, flanges or shoulders .ss s", laid transversely toitsbody, but at an inclination to take The flange s, when the arm is down and at rest. comes just above the path of the knotting-jaws and the flange a just below, while the flange s comes beneath the throatway of the holder.

The jaws in their revolution enter the upper end ot the recesses thus formed and gather the strands of cord from the gavel which have been stopped by the gate at such a point that they are in contact with the crest of the flanges s and s, and are thus raised out in position to he caught fairly against the inner curved side of said jaws. The point of the holder-plate projects sufficiently to enter the lower recess, thus making practically a closed (.0 connection between the bindingarm and the t-hroatway, and the shoulders of the holderdisks also extend into said recess in their ro' tation to seize the cord.

The flange .9 is slightly hollowed or rounded out beneath, so that as the binding-arm in its inward movement to gather a gavel comes against the cord leading from the ball or spool to the knotter it may take over it and carry it, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. down around the gavel, against the gate or cordstop, and to the holder, bringing the upper strand ot the bight or bend thusformed, and which is pushed out by the overlying flange s, as above explained, inside the point of the holder-plate and into the entrance of the throatway. v

The knotter now starting toforin't-he loop, the movement of the holder immediately follows. and the nearest set of shoulders of the holder-disks are brought against the newlydclivered strand, carry it up the throat/way alongside the strand previously lying therein and already released as to its extreme end by the incipient action of the bother, and, being pulled through said tbroatway by the rotation of the lrnotter, push the two before them away from the slot in the binding is. or deal: and in a direction opposed to in. revolution of the holderspindle. hendingpr wrapping them around said spindle until they reach the position shown in Fig. 4, where they meet and enter between the open jawsofthe tyinghill atahout the third quarter of its revolution, and then are brought to a step. In this movement the lat eral pull upon the cord causes thclower strand of the bightor that strand now running totbe spool to spring out from beneath the flange a". catch over the pin 1), and enter the throatway behind the shoulders that are carrying the gavel-strnuds,wherc it remains until the no. 1; binding operation. When the knottcr has completed its revolution to form the knot and has come to a rest with the end strands grasped between its outwardly-pointingjaws, and these end strands have been severed from the holder by theaclion of the knife, and the cord-gate has been thrown open to leave the slot unobstructed, the bindingarm starts to pullthe hand therefrom and eject the bound sheaf, which it does by adircct outward movement, pulling the band from the jaws in the direction in which they are pointing. It is desirable, though not essential, that at this moment the loop should be pushed off of the surface of thejaws and run down upon the end strands instead of being drawn oil by the pull of the band, since under the first condition it will be closed upon the, end strands before the stress comes upon them to withdraw them from the kuotter, and will therefore be tightened by this stress, while under the second it will tend to bind about the jaws, and undue force will be required to move it. Hence I mount upon the binding-arm a stripper-finger, t, which, as the arm moves outward,sweeps the crest of the kpottcr from heel to point and pushes the loop before it. That this finger may not interfere with the passage of the arm through the stream of grain at the time the gavel is divided off, I arrange it to play longitudinally through the arm and attach it at its rear end to the upper free end of aspring, 1 fast to the side of the arm. This spring is so limited in its outward play and has such t stripp'ngrfingergwith flush with, thexforwarwside' of the l bindiugfarm orwith thecrest of the. flange 3,} 51; lthrq gh which it gilays while th'eqarm'is passgh gra sibut as thew-arm moves along the slot'qin thefgraiir-table the-spring 1 comes against the vertical flange; of the cap-- plates, which for this purpose is ro'un d: or beveled at its inner endaudislands out into so the slotiand is -p'ressed, againsttheside of the arm, so as to cause the stripper toprojectAnn? the; outer side under theheap and hehiud knotter. After the stripper hasswept the knotter,

the flange drops wa -.suaaemy,rst

, t5 that 1t may be again withdrawn by the spring before the binding'arm" rises. FThe stripper; serves also another purpose, for as it is caused carried therepast while still in the grasp-of :the holder, and a discharge-arm'whieh acts f while the knotter is at rest in this outwardly- 7o trending position. v 1 i 2. (The combination, substantially as here- ,jnbeforeset forth, with a knotter driven in one direction only and stopped-with its jaws trending outwardly assoon as the crossed ends 75 of the hand: have been seized, of a holder re- A ,ceiilingibbth jendsfrom the binder-arm, and mechan ismwhich actuates it to carry said ends "acrossfthe knotter-spiudle in opposition'to its revolution, that they may anticipate the con'i- 8o ing'aroundof the tying-jaws.

,3. The-combination, substantially as hereinbeforeset forth, of atying-bil'l, mechanism which gives. said tying-bill a single revolution and to project before the arm comes .to a stop it,v l will form an abutment, against which the inside' strand 'of the cord about the gavel may rest, andby which it will with certainty'be pushed or brought up to the gate above the knotter and alongside the outer strand, and

thereafter, while the knotterrevolves, the two as strands will be held againstundue lateral displacement within a. sort of closed eye formed by'the side of the binding-arm, 'the cord-gate, stripper, and the edge of the overhead cap. lu order'that the cord-gate may hold the cord back upon the knotter and positively prevent the loop from slipping 011 or escaping before its time,it is preferably'brought so low that itnearl'y touches the crown of the knotter and actuallyintercepts the path of the stripper. It is evident, therefore, that in the finatopening movement of the gate it will be thrown far enough back to allow the point of .the stripper to clear it when the binding-arm passes.

The specific or individual constructions of the knotter, holder, and eordgate, and certain limited combinations into which one or more of them enter among themselves, depending upon features of such individual construction, have been made the subject of an application filed by me on the 29th'day of March, 1881, Serial No. 29,452,'and of which this is' a division. The combinations hereinafter claimed depend rather upon the relative 5Q arrangement and mode of operation of these parts considered as types than upon any such individual featurespf construction,and therefore while I have refrained from claiming.

these combinations in the parent case, either generically or specifically, it is not my intensiongherein to limit myself to the specific de- ,vices employed unless otherwise in any claim explicitly stated.

I claim-- 5 1. The combination, substantially as herew'inbefore set fortlnwilh a knotter driven in one direction only and stopped with its jaws; 'trending outwardly as soon as the crossed ends oftheband are seized, of a shield-or decking separating it from the grain-passage and having a cord-slot that extends past the, knotter and permits the cord-strands to be stops it with its jaws trending outward in the ,t direction of the extended slot in the coveringshield, a holder receiving the cord strands at one side of theknotter-spindle, and mechanism actuating said holder to carry said strands toward the other side of the spindle in oppo- 9o sition-to the direction in which said spindle revolves in order to meet the open tying-jaws before they end their revolution. I

4. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of a tyingebill, mechanism which gives said bill a single revolution and stops it with its jaws trending outward in the direction of the extended slot in the coveringshield, a cord-stop temporarily obstructing the slot inside of said bill to prevcnt theescape of the strands past the tying-jaws until they begin to revolve, a cord-holder at the. outer side of the bill receiving thecord-strands at one side of the knotter-spindle, and mechanism actuating said cord-holder'to carry said strands toward the other-side of the spindle in opposition tothe direction inwhich said spindle revolves.-

5. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of a tying-bill, mechanism which gives said bill a single revolution and stops it with itsjaws trending outward in the direction of the extended slot through the covering-shield, a rotary cord-holder arranged on the outer side of said tying-bill and at the sameside of the cord-slot, and mechanism actuating-the holder-diskto carry the cord-strands away from the cord-slot and across the knotter-spindle in opposition to the directionin which the tying-bill revolves to anticipate the coming around of its jaws.

6. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of a -tyingb ill, mechanism which gives said ,bill' a single revolution and stops it with its jaws trending outward in the direction of the extended slot throng-l1 the covering-shield, a cord-stoptemporarily obstructing' the slot inside of said bill to prevent the escape of the strands past the tying-jaws until they begin to revolve, a rotary cord-holder arranged on theoutcr side of said tying-bill and at the same side of the cord-slot, and mechanism actuating the holder-disk to carry the (Ford-strands away from the cord-slot and across the knotter-spindle in opposition to the direction in which the'tyingbill revolves to anticipate the coming around of its jaws. 7. The combination of a tying-bill, mechanism which gives said bill a single revolution and stops it with itsjaws trending outward in the direction of the extended slot through the covering-shield, a rotary cord-holder arranged on the outer side of said tying-bill in a'plane transverse to the cord-slot, hutslightly inclined to the knotter spindle, and mechanisin actuating the holder-disk to carry the cord-strands ter-spindle in opposition to the direction in which the t-yingbill revolves.

8. The combination, substantially as hereinbcfore set forth, of a tying-hill, mechanism which gives said bill a single revolution and stops it with its jaws trending outward in the direction oithe extended slot through the coveringshield, a rotary cord-holder arranged on the outer side of said tying-bill and at the same side of the cord-slot, mechanism actuating the holder-disk to carry the cord-strands away from the cord-slot and across the knotter-spindle in opposition to the direction in which the tying-bill revolves, and a discharge-arm ejecting the bound sheaf sidewise, wherebythe knot is pulled from the tying-jaws by a direct strain in the direction of their length.

fl. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, .of a tying-hill, mechanism which gives said bill a single revolutidh and stops it with itsjaws trending outward in the direction of the extended slot through the covering-shield, a cord-stop obstructing the cordsloton the inner side of said tying-hill, a cordholder on the outer side thereof, mechanism actuating said cord-holder to carry the cordstrands away from the cord-slot and across the lcnotter-spindle in opposition to the direction in which it revolves,and a discharge-arm which bination of a revolving tying-bill, a revolving cord-holder in a plane inclined to the axis oi' the tying-bill, and an interineshing bevel-pinion upon the shaft or spindle of the cordholder, whereby the latter is controlled by the revolution of the former. away from the cord-slot and across the knot- 11. The combination of the revolving knotter or tying-hill, the revolving cardholder, the delay-gear upon the shaft of the knotter, and the intermeshing delay-gear upon thcshaft or spindle of the holder,

12. The combination of the knotter, the holder driven thereby, the cordgate, and the single gear and cam wheel driving both knotter and gate. 1

13. The combination of the knotter, the holder driven thereby, the cord-gate, the cutter actuated by the movement ofsaid gate, and single gear and cam wheel driving both knotter and gate.

14. The combination of the binding-arm, its lateral flanges, the tying-bill, and the cordholder with its point entering between two of said flanges, substantially as described.

15. The combination of the binding-arm, its lateral flanges, the stripper which it carries, the gate, and the tyingbill, substantially as described.

16. The combination of the knotter, the vibrating, cord-gate, and the single gear and cam wheel by which they are driven, whereby their movements are tinted in unison.

' SYl'f /ANUS I). LOO/Kl). \V i tn esses:

J. LOUICE, N. \V. LOtjKli. 

